Sports watch: Keenan, Tufts headed to D-III final four

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Nov 17, 2012 at 3:15 AM

FROM STAFF REPORTS

DOVER — Greenland's Brianna Keenan backstopped the Tufts University field hockey team to the NCAA Division III final four.The former Portsmouth High School standout is the starting goalie for the No. 10 Jumbos, who defeated No. 9 William Smith, 4-2, in the second round of the NCAA tournament, and No. 6 Bowdoin, 2-1, in the quarterfinals last weekend to advance.Keenan, a sophomore who became the starter in the second game of the season, is 17-1 in goal for Tufts.The Jumbos play a national semifinal game today at William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y.Keenan is also a member of the Tufts softball that finished fourth nationally last spring.Rollinsford's Lauren Carroll had a goal and two assists for the Plymouth State University field hockey team, which rallied from a two-goal, second-half deficit to knock off top-seeded Bridgewater State, 4-3 in overtime, to capture the ECAC Division III New England title.Carroll assisted on both the game-tying goal with 4:57 left in regulation and the game-winner 2:05 into OT. Farmington's Hannah Olstad has been named female athlete of the year at Husson University.She recently became the first Eagles' first volleyball player with 1,000 career kills and was the North Atlantic Conference player of the year in 2011.Olstad also made the North Atlantic Conference first team three years in a row as Husson reached the NAC semifinals each of her four years.Andrew Marshall of Kittery, Maine, won two events for the Saint Michael's College men's swimming and diving team in a loss to Clarkson.The St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduate captured the 400- and 800-meter freestyle races, and swam a leg of the 400 medley relay that finished fourth. For that performance Marshall was named to the NAC weekly honor roll, and through three meets this season he has seven victories to lead the team.Durham's Ryan Brady, a freshman on the Keene State College men's cross country team, finished 79th over in last weekend's NCAA Division III Regional race in Westfield, Mass.Brady was named Little East Conference rookie of the week for his effort. Dover's Curran Leighton had eight points, three rebounds, two blocks and one steal for the Saint Anselm College women's basketball team in a 45-40, season-opening win over the University of Sciences in the Saint Anselm Tip-Off Classic.Rochester's Shannon Douglas had five kills as the Saint Anselm College volleyball dropped a 3-0 decision to Adelphi.

To submit information about a local athlete playing in college email Al Pike at apike@fosters.com.

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